lex-cognitive-dissonance-resolution

Cognitive dissonance resolution strategies for LegionIO. Models dissonance conflicts between beliefs and applies resolution strategies with effectiveness tracking.

When two beliefs contradict each other, tension arises. Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory says this tension must be resolved — through belief change, behavior change, adding consonant cognitions, trivialization, reframing, seeking new information, compartmentalization, rationalization, or avoidance. This extension makes that process explicit: conflicts are registered with tension scores, strategies are applied with effectiveness tracking, and tension decays passively over time.

client = Legion::Extensions::CognitiveDissonanceResolution::Client.new

conflict = client.create_dissonance_conflict(
  belief_a: 'I value transparency in all communications',
  belief_b: 'I withheld information about system limitations to avoid alarming the user',
  domain: :ethics,
  tension: 0.75
)

client.apply_resolution_strategy(
  conflict_id: conflict[:id],
  strategy: :reframe,
  effectiveness: 0.4
)

client.strategy_effectiveness_report
client.dissonance_report

bundle install
bundle exec rspec
bundle exec rubocop

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